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Allan J. Pinkerton (1819 – 1884) was a Scottish cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy. He is also the founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Biography
In 1850, Pinkerton founded his own detective agency, initially specializing in foiling train robberies and counterfeiting cases. Following saving President Abraham Lincoln from an assassination attempt, Pinkerton was hired full-time to act as his secret service.[1]
On 3 October 1862, Pinkerton met with President Lincoln and Major General John A. McClernand, upon the main eastern theater of the Battle of Antietam.[1]
Pinkerton's agency quickly garnered a reputation by the 1870s as the largest private law enforcement organization in the world.[1]
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Pinkerton meeting with Lincoln and McClernand, 1862
